Muscles In The Human Body

What a Muscle looks like...

The Muscle is red and generally long and round. During contractions our muscles move, because they are flexible, they shorten and thicken.

The parts of a Muscle...

A muscle has two ends, connectors, called tendons.

Different types of Human Muscles...

There are 3 types of muscles and each has a different duty.

Skeletal Muscle- attach to the skeleton and cause our movement.

Smooth Muscle- is found in the circulatory, digestive, and urogenital systems. Smooth Muscles assist in blood flow and in the digestive process.

Cardiac Muscle- only found in one place, the heart. Cardiac Muscles pump blood all over the body.

Muscle functions...

The only function of the muscle is to create the movements in our body.

Muscle interactions with the other body parts...

~Reflexes
~Nerves/Blood Vessels
~Actor/Counteractor

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